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Post by Ed on Jan 2, 2018 5:27:34 GMT
Hey all,
I found a Amata sperbius female moth and it laid a nice clutch of eggs. I tried finding its host plant online to no avail. I would love to rear this moth but unfortunately I dont have any information on this moth.
Does anyone know the host plant for amata sperbius? I was thinking of trying Convolvulus? Any suggestions on this?
Thanks for any help!
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Post by Ed on Jan 3, 2018 16:47:29 GMT
Hey all, I found a Amata sperbius female moth and it laid a nice clutch of eggs. I tried finding its host plant online to no avail. I would love to rear this moth but unfortunately I dont have any information on this moth. Does anyone know the host plant for amata sperbius? I was thinking of trying Convolvulus? Any suggestions on this? Thanks for any help! Help!!..does no one have any info or experience dealing with Amata. Perhaps due to its small size it is of less interest to collectors. |
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Post by Paul K on Jan 3, 2018 17:48:55 GMT
Hey all, I found a Amata sperbius female moth and it laid a nice clutch of eggs. I tried finding its host plant online to no avail. I would love to rear this moth but unfortunately I dont have any information on this moth. Does anyone know the host plant for amata sperbius? I was thinking of trying Convolvulus? Any suggestions on this? Thanks for any help! Help!!..does no one have any info or experience dealing with Amata. Perhaps due to its small size it is of less interest to collectors. It is a splendid moth, I collected few in Thailand but rather than that I have no idea about a food plant. It must be something commonly grow as I have seen them near homes rather than forests. Paul |
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Post by Ed on Jan 4, 2018 9:46:27 GMT
Help!!..does no one have any info or experience dealing with Amata. Perhaps due to its small size it is of less interest to collectors. It is a splendid moth, I collected few in Thailand but rather than that I have no idea about a food plant. It must be something commonly grow as I have seen them near homes rather than forests. Paul Thanks for your response Paul, I maneged to collect over 10 specimens in the area I was at. Sadly I have little Idea of the host plant. |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 4, 2018 16:17:17 GMT
I don't know the foodplant either, and the only book I have that mentions these just says "the larvae feed on low growing plants". It is possible they are generalists, and can eat many different species of plants. I recommend you put leaves of a number of different plants in a box with the freshly hatched larvae and let them choose which they want to eat.
Adam.
PS. It was good to meet you and your family yesterday.
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Post by Ed on Jan 5, 2018 4:04:30 GMT
I don't know the foodplant either, and the only book I have that mentions these just says "the larvae feed on low growing plants". It is possible they are generalists, and can eat many different species of plants. I recommend you put leaves of a number of different plants in a box with the freshly hatched larvae and let them choose which they want to eat. Adam. PS. It was good to meet you and your family yesterday. I will try that. PS. It was nice meeting you as well. |
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:11:01 GMT
Good Day,
I thought you all would appreciate a little update on the Amata moth that laid eggs.
After the moth laid eggs and the eggs hatched, I placed them in a container with various samples of low growing plants.
The caterpillars munched on two of the plant samples, one was the convovulus vine, the other was a mystery plant!
Since it was easier for me to obtain the mystery plant I used it!
the larva started eating and a few days later there were about 10 almost pupating larvae. one of them escaped and that left me with 9.
I started out with many more eggs but the larva were so small I couldn't see what happened to them.
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:13:47 GMT
 his is a picture of one of the early instars. As you can see they were reared in petri dishes. |
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:15:34 GMT
 his is one of the pupae. |
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:17:45 GMT
 his is my pupae arrangement. As you can see 3 of the 9 pupae emerged in this picture! |
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:18:26 GMT
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Post by Ed on Feb 7, 2018 14:23:20 GMT
Now that majority of my moths have emerged I am trying to get a second generation out of them. One problem is that I've been struggling with a problem that Id never thought id have, trying to get them to mate! Typically male moths tackle the females, but it seems that these moths arent feeling it.
I tried the dimming the light and adding a candle, but it seems that moths are more complex than humans.
Any suggestions on how to get my moths to uhhh...do it?
Ed,
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Post by Ed on Feb 8, 2018 13:55:42 GMT
Im afraid I will have to collect them as I will be traveling for the next two weeks.
Do you think they would last two weeks in the fridge?
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Post by luehdorfia on Feb 9, 2018 5:49:07 GMT
You are going back to the US right? Just take them with you, in a nice small box, and try
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 9, 2018 8:42:23 GMT
Even if they are very well fed beforehand I doubt that they would last more than a week in the fridge without any feeding at all.
Adam.
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